Women's History Month

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Wed, 03/01/2023 - 5:30am to 7:00am
Women's History Month
Women's History Month

March is Women’s History Month, so the March 1 Pastures of Plenty show on KBOO features songs of women’s struggles and stories as sung by some great women artists.

We’ll hear from Native American women, pioneers in women’s blues, influential women folk artists from the 1970s and 1980s up to present, and some of my favorite women singers.

Featured artists include Native Americans Walela, influential gospel singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, jazz blues and folk singer Barbara Dane, Malvina Reynolds, Cathy Fink, Peggy Seeger, Maria Muldaur, Cris Williamson, Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman, Portland’s own Mary Flower, Ellen McIlwaine, Kerri Powers, upcoming newcomer Sunny War, and my favorites Eva Cassidy, Sandy Denny, and Kate Wolf.

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Episode Playlist

  • Time
    5:30
    Artist
    Walela
    Song
    Is Everybody Here
    Album
    Walela
    Label
    Triloka Records
  • Time
    5:30
    Artist
    Walela
    Song
    Apache Honoring Song
    Album
    Tribal! The Best in Contemporary Native American Music
    Label
    Earthbeat
  • Time
    5:32
    Artist
    Kate Wolf
    Song
    Early Morning Melody (Live)
    Album
    Live in Mendocino
    Label
    Owl Records
  • Time
    5:36
    Artist
    Eva Cassidy
    Song
    Early Morning Rain
    Album
    Imagine
    Label
    Blix Street Records
  • Time
    5:40
    Artist
    Karen Dalton
    Song
    Little Bit of Rain
    Album
    It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best
    Label
    EMI Catalogue
  • Time
    5:47
    Artist
    Sister Rosetta Tharpe
    Song
    This Train
    Album
    Essential Early Recordings
    Label
    Primo
  • Time
    5:49
    Artist
    Elizabeth Cotten
    Song
    Freight Train
    Album
    American Roots Collection
    Label
    Smithsonian Folkways
  • Time
    5:52
    Artist
    Barbara Dane
    Song
    Nine Hundred Miles
    Album
    Hot Jazz, Cool Blues, & Hard-Hitting Songs
    Label
    Smithsonian Folkways
  • Time
    5:54
    Artist
    Mary Flower
    Song
    Mystery Train
    Album
    Rosewood & Steel
    Label
    Bluesette Records
  • Time
    6:02
    Artist
    Suzanne Vega
    Song
    Tom's Diner
    Album
    Live in London
    Label
    A & M Records
  • Time
    6:03
    Artist
    Suzanne Vega
    Song
    Luka
    Album
    Live on Le Figaro TV
    Label
  • Time
    6:07
    Artist
    Tracy Chapman
    Song
    Talkin' Bout a Revolution
    Album
    Live on Later with Jools Holland
    Label
  • Time
    6:10
    Artist
    Cris Williamson
    Song
    Mill Worker
    Album
    Circle of Friends
    Label
    Wolf Moon Records
  • Time
    6:16
    Artist
    Cathy Fink
    Song
    Coal Mining Woman
    Album
    Doggone My Time
    Label
    Community Music
  • Time
    6:19
    Artist
    Peggy Seeger
    Song
    What Do You Do All Day?
    Album
    Different Therefore Equal
    Label
    Folkways Records
  • Time
    6:23
    Artist
    Malvina Reynolds
    Song
    We Don't Need the Men
    Album
    Held Over
    Label
    Smithsonian Folkways
  • Time
    6:26
    Artist
    Maria Muldaur
    Song
    I'm a Woman
    Album
    Waitress In a Donut Shop
    Label
    Reprise
  • Time
    6:32
    Artist
    Sunny War
    Song
    Whole
    Album
    Live on CBS Mornings
    Label
  • Time
    6:35
    Artist
    Kerri Powers
    Song
    Mine the River
    Album
    Live on Amplify on CPTV Connecticut
    Label
  • Time
    6:39
    Artist
    Ellen McIlwaine
    Song
    Save the World
    Album
    Mystic Bridge
    Label
    ellen mcilwaine music
  • Time
    6:45
    Artist
    Fairport Convention (Featuring Sandy Denny)
    Song
    Rising for the Moon
    Album
    Rising for the Moon
    Label
    Island
  • Time
    6:49
    Artist
    Kate Wolf
    Song
    Rising of the Moon
    Album
    The Wind Blows Wild
    Label
    Kaleidoscope Records
  • Time
    6:56
    Artist
    Vicki Genfan
    Song
    Atomic Reshuffle
    Album
    Live on Harwood Podcast
    Label

Comments

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock ‘N’ Roll:

https://www.npr.org/2017/08/24/544226085/forebears-sister-rosetta-tharpe...

The Tragic Life of Karen Dalton:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/27/karen-dalton-folk-singer-do...

Karen Dalton documentary, featuring an appearance by former Portlander Dick Weisman:

https://youtu.be/tOtjNalv1Yk

Barbara Dane story in New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/arts/music/barbara-dane-paredon-recor...

Upcoming documentary film about Barbara Dane:

https://www.barbaradane.net/documentary-film

'Anarchist Gospel' is Sunny War's most compelling album yet:

https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2023/02/23/1159027547/sunny-war-...

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